#72CAA8#72CAA8

#72CAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.099 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CAA8
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 168)
HSL	hsl(157, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(157, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -34.42, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 35.52, 165.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0966 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.099 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1249, 48.6430, 44.5763)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CAA8 #CA7294

analogous

#72CA7C #72CAA8 #72C0CA

triadic

#72CAA8 #A872CA #CAA872

tetradic

#72CAA8 #7C72CA #CA7294 #C0CA72

square

#72CAA8 #7C72CA #CA7294 #C0CA72

split-complementary

#72CAA8 #CA72C0 #CA7C72

monochromatic

#358D6B #46B98D #72CAA8 #9EDBC3 #CBEBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72CAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#72CAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CAA8

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CAA8	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72caa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.099 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fdac1',
    500: '#72caa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72caa8;
$custom-light: #9fdac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72caa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.818,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77407,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CAA8

secondary

#DCBCC8

accent

#2D63B9

background

#FAFDFB

surface

#F3FBF7

border

#CDD4D0

text

#0F1512

muted

#7F8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CAA8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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